Brian Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On bootup, all I get is the LI message, and nothing happens.
>This is an older macine with a bios limitation.
Yup. According to the LILO docs:
LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot
loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a
geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map
installer.
>I also had to install a hard drive utility on the first partition in order
for
>the drive to be recognized correctly as 4 gig. Otherwise, the bios
>incorrectly ID's it as 80 meg, even with the most current BIOS update.
If the BIOS and the disk partition tables disagree, you get exactly the
error you are seeing. LILO presumably neither knows the utility you have
installed is there, nor how to talk to it. Linear mode might save you.
Using LOADLIN instead of LILO might save you. If you have a working
machine, read the LILO README several times...
Ryan Caveney
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